A segment of the sweeping mural at the Ed Roberts Campus, part of the ‘Patient No More’ exhibition. Photo: Fran Osborne A segment of the sweeping mural at the Ed Roberts Campus, part of the ‘Patient No More’ exhibition. Photo: Fran Osborne By Margit Stange “Patient No More: People with Disabilities Securing Civil Rights,” a […]
Disability rights
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School board reviews recess restriction as punishment
Berkeley is discussing the pros and cons of taking recess time away from kids as a form of punishment. Photo: Nick Kenrick Two years ago, Berkeley parent Sinead O’Sullivan got tired of hearing from her kindergartener that he was missing recess for misbehaving. She knew he wasn’t a saint, but she didn’t think taking exercise […]
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Joyce Ardell Jackson: A fighter for disability rights
Joyce Ardell Jackson, who died on Dec. 29. 2013. Joyce Ardell Jackson departed this life on Sunday, December 29, 2013, in San Pedro, California, following a decades-long struggle with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Born June 2, 1947, in Berkeley, California, Joyce was a spirited youngster, adventurous and friendly. At the age of 12, she contracted arthritis, a defining […]
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Pioneering disability center opens its Berkeley campus
The Ed Roberts Campus is one of the first buildings of its kind in the nation The Ed Roberts Campus, on Adeline opposite Ashby BART station, opened its doors this week introducing a welcome resource for people with disabilities, and lending more than a touch of contemporary architectural style to Berkeley. As Rachel Trachten reports on […]
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Arnieville protesters arrested in Sacramento
Details are sketchy, but police in Sacramento have started to arrest members of Arnieville, the group of disabled activists who set up a camp on a median along Adeline Street this summer. The group went up to the Capitol today to protest against proposed budget cuts to programs that send assistants into the homes of […]
